Major League Soccer - Top Player Salaries in 2015
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It comes as no surprise to see the Brazilian legend Kaka at the top of the list of highest paid MLS stars. Some other notable names on the list are: David Villa, Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
Here are top 10 highest paid MLS players and a few others making over a million per season (please note that these are basic salaries only and the numbers do not include bonuses and image rights):
Player - Club - Base Salary - Guaranteed Compensation
1. Kaka - Orlando - $6,660,000 - $7,167,500
2. Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto - $5,600,000 - $7,115,556
3. Michael Bradley - Toronto - $6,000,000 - $6,500,000
4. Steven Gerrard - LA Galaxy - $6,200,004 - $6,332,504
5. Frank Lampard - NYCFC - $6,000,000 - $6,000,000
6. Giovani Dos Santos - LA Galaxy - $4,000,008 - $5,750,008
7. David Villa - NYCFC - $5,610,000 - $5,610,000
8. Jozy Altidore - Toronto - $4,750,000 - $4,750,000
9. Clint Dempsey - Seattle - $3,913,008 - $4,605,942
10. Robbie Keane - LA Galaxy - $4,500,000 - $4,500,000
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11. Jermaine Jones - New England - $2,800,000 - $3,052,500
12. Obafemi Martins - Seattle - $2,400,000 - $3,000,000
13. Andrea Pirlo - NYCFC - $2,000,004 - $2,315,694
14. Didier Drogba - Montreal - $1,666,668 - $2,166,668
15. Omar Gonzalez - LA Galaxy - $1,200,000 $ 1,450,000
16. Pedro Morales - Vancouver - $1,190,000 - $1,410,900
17. Innocent Emeghara- San Jose - $988,000 - $1,300,000
18. Nelson Valdez - Seattle - $960,000 - $1,215,000
19. Federico Higuain - Columbus Crew - $1,175,000 $ 1,175,000
20. Kevin Doyle - Colorado - $1,125,000 - $1,170,000
21. Liam Ridgewell - Portland - $1,000,000 - $1,150,000
22. Gilberto Junior - Chicago - $1,144,992 - $1,144,992
23. Manuel Martinez Juan - Salt Lake - $710,000 - $ 1,108,667
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Who will be the next Euro superstar to make the switch to the fast growing MLS?
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Source: MLSplayers.org